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@ai6yr Sounds like they’re talking about Derecho, which would be a shame. It just went live at the end of August 2023. It’s dropped from 59th place when it was built to 160th place as of November’s rankings, but that’s still eminently usable.
I wonder who’s going to end up running it. My guess is LLM grifters with the NCAR continuing to foot the bill for power.
@mwl It’s not a thing anymore on remotely modern drives. There isn’t really a fastest part of a drive anymore.
Data locality (i.e, arranging related data on sequential tracks to reduce seek distance) can still be a thing, but it’s mostly not worthwhile on multitasking systems. It’s too easy for the OS to stick some other I/O operation into your carefully planned sequence, thereby throwing off your minimal seeks.
@joel Databases in general trust the storage to be reliable. If it’s not, they can end up in very weird states. With a record size tuned to match the database’s record size, ZFS performs noticeably better than pre-CoW filesystems, so there’s very little reason not to use it.
@christianselig Be aware that a lot of window breakers don’t work on modern auto glass. You should research the type of glass used for your Rivian’s rear windows and confirm the tools you have will break them effectively.
